Nearly one in five U.S. kids have at least one diagnosable mental disorder, according to a recently published Child Trends report, with...
Juvenile Justice Senators failed to reach an agreement with House on lowering age of discernment to 12 years old. Juvenile court project...
Education Is racial discrimination behind the closing of certan schools? There is a correlation between poverty and education costs in Texas. Workshop provided by...
CHICAGO — Jesús Barrios was half joking when he offered to marry his lesbian friend. She was lamenting her mother’s constant pestering...
New York advocacy group says state is not protecting kids from unfit homes, abuse and neglect The state of Massachusetts is going...
More than half of suicidal adolescents have already received some mental health treatment, according to a new study published in the journal...
Missouri’s Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children recently released its “2012 Final Report”, which includes more than 20 recommendations...
In its 2012 Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...
From the The Indianapolis Star More than 100 Indiana children are receiving intensive mental health services under a new state program designed to...
The Urban Institute held an event Dec. 13 in Washington, D.C. titled “Helping Depressed Low-Income Mothers Give Their Young Children a Good...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two out of three children in the United States experience or witness violence, crime or abuse while growing up,...
In one of the deadliest mass shootings in United States history, 27 people – among them, 20 children – are reported dead...
A new study published in Pediatrics indicates that approximately 30 percent of the nation’s teens have been involved in an aggressive relationship,...
An old drug is making a new comeback, and the home medicine cabinet often is the gateway. Heroin, a pop culture star...